Costa Rica

 Keeping to the Caribbean coast we stayed in the rasta town Cahuita. Amazing locals, caribbean food and wildlife made this place rad.

 Walking through the national park you get to meet monkies, sloths, snakes, lizzards and plenty of bugs.

 Spotting sloths is difficult by day, but by night they move their 5-100 metres pretty quickly. This cheeky hairy one was just crossing the road. We caught another one hanging from the phone lines.

 A quick trip to Liberia a.k.a the cowboy town of Costa Rica. We hung out in the local plaza with Diego watching kids breakdance and set off fireworks.

 We hit up the Pacific side via Playa del Coco. A real haven for Rich Americans with fishing boats. But it did mean we got to hang out with the beautiful Freeman sisters (more tanned in 5 days than we have been in 4 months).

 Sweet pool!

Apologies for lack of photos, we breezed through Costa Rica mainly as it is very expensive compared to other Central American countires. Next stop: Nicaragua

xxx

Panama

 After airport palava we made it to Panama City, relaxed with some local beer, sat in hammocks and tried to avoid falling coconuts. The local buses are subsidised but also part-privately owned. The result is pimped out graffitied American school buses:

 After being led to the wrong part of town (Stefans doing) we met our favourite Panama City local - meet Carlos Santa Maria! From our limited Spanish, drawing pictures, and his limited English (he knew Lionel Ritchie´s "hello") we gather he works for the military as a truck driver, mechanic, parachuter and gun handler.

 We took time out and headed to the San Blas Islands.

 Meet our home for 3 nights. Yes it was as small as it looks:

 

Home sweet home

 On our last night one of the Kuna Islands opposite caught on fire. Cue chaos, buckets of water and some dodgy boats.

 Chinese whispers meant we offered our mattresses to the locals - aiming to help. We were met with blank stares and questions over why we were bringing them mattresses. Were they wet?

 Back to Panama City and a visit to the Panama Canal. We watched a cruise ship squeeze through and waved to the old folks on board. Not long until we spotted this half naked dude dancing around.

 After a short stop in David City we headed to Bocas Del Toro via boat.

 The starfish beach

 Paul of the jungle

 More starfish.

Panama was lovely, full of friendly locals, cheap beer and half constructed skyscrapers.

xxxx

Road Trip, L.A. and beyond....

We arrived in L.A. and were met with our dream vehicle:

First stop: Las Vegas, Nevada! Everything is completely ridiculous there. Our hotel had 70+ bowling lanes, cinemas, restaurants, 4 24hr take-aways, bars, casinos, spa, pools...etc. The shower window overlooked the las vegas strip and there was a telephone next to the loo!

One dollar in, 44 out.

Our hotel's casino.

Cesar's palace, us and a giant water bottle to the left.

When Katie met Jerry.

The New York Hotel, complete with it's own roller coaster.

We watched a stupidly crap show about pirates being seduced by sirens outside of the treasure island hotel. It included fireworks, dancing, miming and a sinking ship.

Viva Las Vegas!

Back on the road on our way through Arizona to Flagstaff.

We ventured to the Grand Canyon. Epic.

Ooh, Red effect!

Quiet nights in. Lots of eating canned foodstuffs. (e.g. Beans and Weins)

Camp Fire, it was certainly needed.

We camped near some real life wildlife.

We drove through the lovely Sedona, Arizona.

a.k.a Cactus Country

We took a trip to Palm Springs, California. And took a trek along the mountains.

He didn't see the boulder coming.

We stopped a night in San Diego ans saw typical California skies.

 Last stop, Venice Beach, California.

So long North America. Thanks for having us.

Hola Central America. Panama City see you in 36 hours.

xxx

San Francisco, California

So we went to San Francisco......

 Where they have a cable car system you must literally hang off the side to get around the city.  It is pretty much a rollercoaster with all the hills.

 We paddled...with shoes on.

 Sea Lions! (Gosh, they stink)

THE crookedest street.

The infamous Alcatraz, a.k.a 'the rock'

The infamous inmate, they never ever let her out. they shouldn't.

 Jus' dancing with the trees.

 In Chinatown we witnessed a dude worshiping a traffic light for about 10 minutes, and leaving this offering consisting of a tomato, a packet of rice crispies and some money-off coupons for walgreens pharmacy. Truly amazing.

 Attempted to eat some pancakes, managed about half.

 The San Fran Giants won the baseball World Series whilst we were there. It's their first win since 1953 and the town went absolutely mental and very orange.

 Fulham scarf - for you Mrs Williams!

 Good photographer disguised as random stranger took this.

 We biked the Golden Gate bridge. Exercise is good for you.

Halloween! Demented Zombie!

 Preparation for Las Vegas

 Creepy and freaky. Is that Latoya Jackson?

We stayed in the mission and ate lots of Mexican food! San Francisco treated us well.

Adios xxx